Marcus B. Sheffer

Energy & Environmental Consultant

Selected Experience

• Energy/environmental consultant with 30 years of professional experience
• Formed Energy Opportunities, Inc. (a B Corp) in 1993 to provide technical consulting services on projects relating to energy management, efficiency and conservation; renewable energy systems; and the environmental impacts of human enterprises
• Consultant on over 100 green building projects, including more than 70 LEED^® certified projects
• Consultant working on 5 projects pursuing or meeting the Living Building Challenge
• Consultant to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), 2003-present:
  • Certification Project Reviewer
  • LEED Workshop training development
  • LEED Reference Guides, contributor
  • LEED credit/prerequisite forms
  • Building Performance Partnership
  • EAp2 Table 1.4 spreadsheet
  • Core and Shell EAc1 point threshold adjuster
  • Co-authored the Advanced Energy Modeling Guide for LEED Technical Manual
  • LEED for Existing Homes^TM 
  • Natural Ventilation
• Presentations at over 100 regional, national and international workshops and conferences
• Co-authored The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability, John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• Authored Pennsylvania Solar Manual and articles in national publications Solar Today and Energy User News
• Operated the York County Community Foundation Energy Program providing technical assistance to nonprofit organizations, 1994-2013
• Served 12 years with the Pennsylvania Energy Office, 1981-1993

Awards and Affiliations

• Living Future Accredited Professional, 2015
• International Living Future Institute, Living Building Challenge Ambassador, 2012-present
• LEED Fellow 2011 (inaugural class)
• LEED AP^® 2001, 2004, 2007, LEED AP BD+C 2009-present
• LEED User Expert, 2010-present
• International Living Future Institute, Living Building Challenge Ambassador, 2012-present
• USGBC Central Pennsylvania Chapter, Founding Board Chair
• USGBC Central Pennsylvania Chapter, Sustainable Steward Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2012
• USGBC LEED Market Advisory Committee member, 2011-2015
• USGBC LEED Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group (EA TAG) – Vice Chair and Chair, 2004-2010
• USGBC LEED EA TAG, member of Methods, O&M and Renewables Working Groups, 2010-present
• USGBC LEED Technical Committee member, 2009-2010
• USGBC LEED Steering Committee member, 2004-2009
• USGBC LEED Faculty^TM, 2002-2008, 2010-2014
• Green Business Certification, Inc., LEED Project Reviewer Certificate, 2010-present
• ASHRAE Standard 209 Committee, Sub-Committee Chair, 2012-present
• U.S. team participant in international Green Building Challenges: 2000 Maastricht and 2002 Oslo
• Founding Board Member, Sustainable Energy Fund, promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy
• Professional memberships include American Solar Energy Society, ASHRAE, IESNA and USGBC
• Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence – 1998 York Foundation Energy Program; 2001 PA DEP Cambria Office Building; 2003 Clearview Elementary School; 2006 Southern York Library
• American Institute of Architects (AIA) Top Ten Green Building – 2000 PA DEP Cambria Office Building

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, Shippensburg University, 1981
• Master of Science in Public Administration, Shippensburg University, 1986